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Manifestor_of_Light

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108. Don't forget us orchestra kids!!!

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 02:31 AM

Dec 2012

FIRST Violin and piano, baby! None of this hiding in the middle range of the 2nds and violas for me. I'm a showoff. Playing an octave above the seconds, in high positions is normal for me!!

There is a definite personality difference between first and second violins. Seconds want to blend in to the accompaniment, and talk to the violas, who rarely get a solo phrase. First fiddlers are show offs. Want to grab that melody up high and SING IT LOUD!

Who, me? Finale of Shostakovich's Fifth? 1812 Overture? Finale of the New World Symphony? Pieces by crazy Russians who believe in LONG and LOUD and working the entire orchestra to death? Make all the horn players turn purple?? Bring it on.

Weirdest stuff I ever played, where I had to tap my foot so I would not get lost due to the &^%ing time signature changing all the time: Prokofief's Seventh; Rite of Spring and Firebird Suite by Stravinsky; Miraculous Mandarin Ballet Suite by Bartok. Weird stuff.....

Most of my boyfriends were fiddlers/math-engineering-physics-nerds: Viola, cello or string bass players. Community orchestras can be a real soap opera. You don't want to know the details.

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Question: Did you have prayer in school? [View all] leftyladyfrommo Dec 2012 OP

It was outlawed in my state in 1963, just a few months before I entered school. slackmaster Dec 2012 #1

Sure TexasProgresive Dec 2012 #2

Beat me to it. ;) n/t X_Digger Dec 2012 #10

LOL ... For me it was Latin! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #21

if I remember correctly, bob hope made a comment about the 1963 decision, saying, "now the niyad Dec 2012 #22

I started school in 1955 - No prayer n/t Lebam in LA Dec 2012 #3

Yep. Mass every morning among some of the meanest women in the country. MichiganVote Dec 2012 #4

Yes, I was in school in the '40s and '50s RebelOne Dec 2012 #5

Me too but as a Catholic I did not recite "for thine is the kingdom..etc.". What a joke..LOL..n/t monmouth3 Dec 2012 #26

I was just thinking the same thing. I remember thinking we were hot shits because we got Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2012 #88

Hahaha, oh my god that is the truth...LOL...n/t monmouth3 Dec 2012 #95

I did, in a southern baptist private school arcane1 Dec 2012 #6

Texas. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #7

Some of us were released for a few hours (Wednesday afternoon I recall) from public school PoliticAverse Dec 2012 #8

Not just for Catholic religious instruction Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #23

mid 60's, 6th grade, in southern california shanti Dec 2012 #104

Hell no. I was in elementary school in the 80's. Do these idiots realize prayer in school was two Jennicut Dec 2012 #9

Just one generation... Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #28

The Millenials are after Generation X, which is me. Jennicut Dec 2012 #60

Prayer was banned in 1962.... Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #74

grade school from 1955 to 1961 annabanana Dec 2012 #57

Yes, I went to Catholic school. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #11

I didn't go to Catholic school, but I saw through the incredible bullshit at a very RKP5637 Dec 2012 #32

I hear you. Jazzgirl Dec 2012 #45

Too funny. Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #37

Only in first grade Catholic school. After that no. 1960s peacebird Dec 2012 #12

Yes, Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #13

In the 50's we all had to get up and read a passage from the bible everyday. It would RKP5637 Dec 2012 #14

Before every test and everytime they whistler162 Dec 2012 #15

only when I went to catholic school(and I also went to a number of public schools in different parts niyad Dec 2012 #16

Yes Catholic grade school high school & college upaloopa Dec 2012 #17

We had the Pledge of Allegiance octoberlib Dec 2012 #18

A long long time ago ... n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #35

I went to a Catholic grade school ... so yeah etherealtruth Dec 2012 #19

No. Started kindergarten in 1960 in Ohio Still Sensible Dec 2012 #20

No duffyduff Dec 2012 #24

nope don't remember prayer in school kydo Dec 2012 #25

Ooooh, I will be looking for the Boston Crusaders. Please congrat him for me. That's awesome..n/t monmouth3 Dec 2012 #30

It's his age out year too. kydo Dec 2012 #54

Band kids are the best! llmart Dec 2012 #36

Band Geeks Rock! kydo Dec 2012 #66

yep. llmart Dec 2012 #73

Don't forget us orchestra kids!!! Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2012 #108

K&R !!! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #40

Not that I recall. Just the Pledge of Allegiance (with "under God" in it). In those days.... Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #27

A friend who is about 5 years older than me leftyladyfrommo Dec 2012 #29

NO, but we had bomb drills... Tikki Dec 2012 #31

Ohhh I remember many of those. I grew up not far from a munitions plant and DOD. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #44

I went to public school in the 50's 60's truegrit44 Dec 2012 #51

Catholic Elementary yes, public school no Lokey Dec 2012 #33

Yes, until 7th grade in public school PADemD Dec 2012 #34

Yes, in a Catholic grade school. But not after I transfered to public school. nt Speck Tater Dec 2012 #38

I came up in the 50's and 60's and don't remember ever praying. Jazzgirl Dec 2012 #39

Yep, I remember the day exactly when "under God" was added and our homeroom teacher having RKP5637 Dec 2012 #49

Did you have prayers before games - football and basketball and such. leftyladyfrommo Dec 2012 #41

One half century ago ... ohhhh ... it seems so long ago. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #61

I went to Catholic elementary school One of the 99 Dec 2012 #42

Tell "those people" to go screw themselves. Warren DeMontague Dec 2012 #43

These wer both older black men. leftyladyfrommo Dec 2012 #53

I dont care who says it, its offensive. It is offensive to blame this on church state separation Warren DeMontague Dec 2012 #58

That's the part that chaps my ass beam me up scottie Dec 2012 #79

I asked my wife; "why does the press treat this shit like it's some serious opinion worth airtime?" Warren DeMontague Dec 2012 #87

Mr. Bmus fears for the safety of his teevee. beam me up scottie Dec 2012 #93

I remember my Junior High choir teacher starting each class with a moment of silence OriginalGeek Dec 2012 #46

As long as they continue to have tests and homework there will be prayer in school n/t Fumesucker Dec 2012 #47

I did. Was quite common ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #48

No, and I attended public schools in Minnesota and Wisconsin before the 1962 Supreme Court decision Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2012 #50

You are right that where is important. LiberalFighter Dec 2012 #68

I honestly can't remember. llmart Dec 2012 #52

Yes in elementary school I remember saying the pledge and a morning prayer. Also southernyankeebelle Dec 2012 #55

No, and I started school in 1952. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2012 #56

No. Late 60's early 70's. Thor_MN Dec 2012 #59

Catholic school, 60s and 70s, so yes. nt onehandle Dec 2012 #62

No prayer per se- WhoIsNumberNone Dec 2012 #63

I had prayer until the second grade, then the SCOTUS ruling changed everything. Nika Dec 2012 #64

In first and second grade, when I went to Catholic school, yes. Otherwise, no. (n/t) richmwill Dec 2012 #65

Yes, but it was a Catholic school... JHB Dec 2012 #67

Nope, and neither did my mom, who grew up in a small town hifiguy Dec 2012 #69

No bigwillq Dec 2012 #70

Public school education tj_crackersnatch Dec 2012 #71

I was in grade school in the 70's and no. MadrasT Dec 2012 #72

Currently in San Antonio student led invocation at graduation LeftInTX Dec 2012 #75

We had prayer in chapel on Wednesdays XemaSab Dec 2012 #76

We didn't pray and we didn't pledge. We'd just been through WWII. We didn't have to prove anything jzola Dec 2012 #77

I had it. brokechris Dec 2012 #78

K-2: public school for military dependents in Japan (1962-65)- nope, no prayer. kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #80

In first grade in a small village near Baraboo, Wisconsin no prayer - 1960 About 120 population LiberalFighter Dec 2012 #81

Yes SteveG Dec 2012 #82

No thank god (no pun intended) but then I'm Canadian... Locut0s Dec 2012 #83

I went to Catholic School in the 60's Liberalynn Dec 2012 #84

I was also in grade school in the 50's union_maid Dec 2012 #85

Only when I was in Hebrew school. sakabatou Dec 2012 #86

The moment of silence is something I never objected to. Liberalynn Dec 2012 #89

Didn't protect this church... Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #90

Yep - Catholic school from 4th grade thru 12th. NYC Liberal Dec 2012 #91

Public schools in Tennessee from 1947 to 1952 tularetom Dec 2012 #92

Yes. Lugnut Dec 2012 #94

Not exactly no_hypocrisy Dec 2012 #96

I started school in 1956, no prayers B Calm Dec 2012 #97

Yes. OnionPatch Dec 2012 #98

Nope, thankfully. Arugula Latte Dec 2012 #99

Yes. In school 1952 to 1964. GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #100

I'm 53. Never, ever had prayer in school. Atman Dec 2012 #101

Every single time there was a health test that involved Jamastiene Dec 2012 #102

This message was self-deleted by its author Horse with no Name Dec 2012 #103

I went to high school in Salt Lake City ... TeeYiYi Dec 2012 #105

Me, no. bluestateguy Dec 2012 #106

Yes, we had a battle ax of a teacher... cynatnite Dec 2012 #107

We had a Christian Alliance club at my school but outside of that nobody gave a shit. Initech Dec 2012 #109

We had prayer in school. I remember how I squirmed in high school homeroom at the time for JDPriestly Dec 2012 #110